[c-nsp] SXI(3) code status?

Wed Nov 18 15:39:44 EST 2009

SXI3 has also removed "patching" ability:

"Installer/patching capability is removed starting from some of the
new images in SXI. Installer patching support will continue on SXH and
SXF. For Cisco IOS 12.2(33)SXI3, ION patching is no longer supported."

Not that patching has ever really been supported in any meaningful
fashion (when was the last time you found a patch to apply?)

Would be real nice if the release notes actually specified some of
this stuff, instead of us having to dig around and find.

Would be even better if Cisco admitted defeat and ported NX-OS to C6K...

Tim:>

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Murphy, William
<William.Murphy at uth.tmc.edu> wrote:
> We have VSS running so would the same apply if I force switchover with VSS?
> Is it only "redundancy force-switchover" command or will failover for other
> cause yield same result?
>
> Thanks...
>
> Bill
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of andrew
> Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 4:29 AM
> To: Chris Phillips
> Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net; Jared Mauch
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] SXI(3) code status?
>
> Breaks as in after forcing a sup switchover while on console
> subsequent SSH connections are refused, as it seems the private key is
> missing/unreadable.
>
>
> This is logged:
>
> Nov 18 10:16:08.211: SSH2 0: RSA_sign: private key not found
> Nov 18 10:16:08.211: SSH2 0: signature creation failed, status -1
>
>
> Clearing RSA keys and re-generating did not help.
>
> Clear RSA keys, *reboot box*, and re-generate did fix.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 2:00 AM, Chris Phillips
> <cphillips at wbsconnect.com> wrote:
>> Define breaks.  Breaks as in your ssh connection drops and you have to
> login
>> again, or breaks as in your ssh connection drops and the ssh service
> doesn't
>> restart?
>>
>> andrew wrote:
>>>
>>> Here is some BAD on SXI3 ...
>>>
>>> with redundant supervisor, SSH breaks upon supervisor switchover.
>>>
>>> -andrew
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Jeff Fitzwater <jfitz at princeton.edu>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The 6324 100 MM is supported but did not come online in SXI 1, 2 , 2A.
> It
>>>> did however work in SXI, which we are running now.
>>>>
>>>> The other flavors are not supported.
>>>>
>>>> Jeff
>>>>
>>>> On Nov 17, 2009, at 12:12 PM, Jared Mauch wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Release 12.2(33)SXH and later releases do not support the following
>>>>> hardware:
>>>>>
>>>>> These Ethernet Switching Modules:
>>>>>
>>>>> –WS-X6024-10FL-MT 24-port 10BASE-FL MT-RJ
>>>>>
>>>>> –WS-X6248A-TEL 48-port 10/100TX RJ-21
>>>>>
>>>>> –WS-X6248-RJ-45 48-port 10/100TX RJ-45
>>>>>
>>>>> –WS-X6248-TEL 48-port 10/100TX RJ-21
>>>>>
>>>>> –WS-X6324-100FX-SM 24-port 100FX Ethernet
>>>>>
>>>>> –WS-X6224-100FX-MT 24-port 100FX Ethernet Multimode MT-RJ
>>>>>
>>>>> –WS-X6316-GE-TX 16-port Gigabit Ethernet RJ-45
>>>>>
>>>>> –WS-X6416-GE-MT 16-Port Gigabit Ethernet MT-RJ
>>>>>
>>>>>      Now, the caveat is that they did not actually remove the hardware
>>>>> support for some of these until SXI1, so while the release notes say
> one
>>>>> thing, the actual support varies.
>>>>>
>>>>> You will see something like this in 'show power':
>>>>> 4    WS-X6248A-TEL       112.98  2.69     -     -     on    off (not
>>>>> supported)
>>>>> 8    WS-X6248-RJ-45      112.98  2.69     -     -     on    off (not
>>>>> supported)
>>>>>
>>>>> It does appear the WS-X6324-100FX-MM card does power on for SXI3, but I
>>>>> can't recall if that was the case for SXI2/2a/or 1.
>>>>>
>>>>>      - Jared
>>>>>
>>>>> On Nov 17, 2009, at 12:05 PM, Chris Phillips wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Jared,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> After quickly glancing at the release notes, I was unable to find
>>>>>> anything about the removal of hardware support for the 63xx series
> cards.
>>>>>>  Do you have a URL or can you be more specific?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks in advance!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jared Mauch wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> SXI3 has a number of bug fixes for our network, including one that
>>>>>>> would cause the next-hop to be populated as 'drop' in hardware.
>>>>>>> I strongly recommend using it over prior versions of SXI.
>>>>>>> Due to the removal of hardware support we replaced the older
> 63xx/62xx
>>>>>>> series cards.
>>>>>>> - Jared
>>>>>>> On Nov 17, 2009, at 10:22 AM, Rubens Kuhl wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> SXI2a running fine with MPLS, QoS, SVIs (no BFD on those... :-(),
>>>>>>>> OSPF, BGP. PFC3C-only, no WAN cards/modules, no DFC.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Rubens
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Jeff Fitzwater
>>>>>>>> <jfitz at princeton.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I have been running the SXI(3) on a test router with 100M MM 6324,
>>>>>>>>> which it did not recognize in previous versions, and so far no
> complaints
>>>>>>>>> but then again it's not in a real world yet.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Does anyone else have  GOOD or BAD new on SXI(3)?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Jeff Fitzwater
>>>>>>>>> OIT Network Systems
>>>>>>>>> Princeton University
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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